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Hideously diverse Britain: 'This church is for everybody'https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/feb/22/diverse-church-east-end-london
A pastor in the east end of London is on a misison to welcome more working-class white people to his congregation<p>The first thing you see as you approach Custom House Baptist church in London's east end is a smiley white guy of advancing years. "Guess what?", the poster caption says. What indeed? The answer is on a board on the side wall. A black guy this time. "Surprise yourself," he suggests. "Come to church!"</p><p>The order in which these images confront the public is no accident, says pastor Tade Agbesanwa. "We had the black guy out front: and I watched as an old white lady noticed the poster. 'When I see that, I know where I am,' she said, and it worried me a bit. I wouldn't be welcome there, she was saying. So we changed it. This church has been here since 1908. There's a plaque on the wall remembering a local parishioner, Fred Burbidge, who died during the great war. This church is for everybody."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/feb/22/diverse-church-east-end-london">Continue reading...</a>LondonUK newsRace issuesAnglicanismReligionTue, 22 Feb 2011 22:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/feb/22/diverse-church-east-end-londonHugh Muir2011-02-22T22:00:01Z